The Commissioning Manager owns the end-to-end delivery, resourcing, and commercial performance of the commissioning function for engine-generator and associated power systems projects across the region. The role combines technical oversight with people leadership — assigning and developing engineers and technicians, managing schedules and budgets, ensuring safety and quality standards, and controlling the commercial (invoicing/billing) cycle of commissioning work — while remaining the escalation point for complex technical and customer issues.
KEY RESPONSILIBITIES
1. Resource & Project Management
- Resource Allocation: Assign commissioning engineers and technicians to projects based on scope, technical complexity, certifications, and availability, balancing utilization across the regional team.
- Planning: Develop and maintain commissioning plans, schedules, manpower forecasts, and mobilization plans in coordination with project managers, sales, and customers.
- Execution Oversight: Track progress against schedule and budget across concurrent projects, proactively resolve resourcing conflicts and delays, and escalate risks to leadership with mitigation plans.
- Technical Governance: Review and approve commissioning test plans, Method of Procedures (MOPs), FAT/SAT reports, and punch lists; act as final technical escalation point for issues field engineers cannot resolve.
2. People Leadership, Training & Development
- Training & Development: Identify skills gaps across the team and build individual and team development/training plans, including OEM certifications (engine, genset controls — DSE/ComAp/DEIF, switchgear,etc..) and safety qualifications.
- Mentoring & Performance: Coach and mentor engineers and technicians in the field and through structured reviews; conduct performance appraisals, set objectives, and manage career progression paths.
- Team Building: Lead recruitment, onboarding, and technical induction of new commissioning staff and subcontractors; maintain a competency matrix for the team.
- Team Support: Provide direct technical and logistical support to field teams — troubleshooting escalations, spare parts/tooling availability, and customer relationship support during difficult commissioning phases.
3. Commercial & Administrative Management
- Invoicing & Billing: Own the invoicing and billing cycle for commissioning services — validate field service reports and timesheets, ensure milestone/completion criteria are met, prepare and submit accurate and timely invoices, and follow up on collections with the finance team.
- Financial Management: Manage commissioning cost budgets (labor, travel, tooling, subcontractors) against project financials; report on utilization, margin, and cost variances.
- Tooling & Assets: Manage the fleet of test equipment, service tools, software licenses, and calibration schedules across the team.
- Documentation & Reporting: Maintain accurate records of commissioning documentation, certificates, and project close-out packages for audit and warranty purposes.
4. Safety, Quality & Compliance
- Safety Leadership: Champion HSE culture across the team — enforce LOTO, arc-flash, and site-specific safety protocols; investigate incidents/near-misses and drive corrective actions.
- Quality Assurance: Ensure commissioning work meets OEM, contractual, and regulatory/code requirements; drive continuous improvement of commissioning procedures, checklists, and standard work.
5. Customer & Stakeholder Management
- Customer Relationship: Act as the senior point of contact for customers and EPCs on commissioning scope, progress, and issue resolution; support proposal/scoping input for new commissioning contracts.
- Cross-Functional Coordination: Coordinate with sales, project management, engineering, and supply chain to align commissioning delivery with broader project and business objectives.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCES
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Power Engineering (or related discipline).
- Minimum 10–12 years in engine-generator, power systems, or mission-critical commissioning/field service, including at least 3–5 years in a team leadership or people-management role.
- Proven track record managing multi-site, multi-project commissioning resourcing, schedules, and budgets.
- Working knowledge of generator controls (DSE, ComAp, DEIF), paralleling switchgear, industrial networks (J1939, CAN, Modbus RTU/TCP), and standard commissioning test equipment — sufficient to make resourcing and technical-risk decisions, even where the Commissioning Manager is not hands-on daily.
- Demonstrated experience with invoicing/billing cycles, project cost control, and P&L or margin accountability for a technical services function.
- Experience developing training programs and managing certifications for a technical field workforce.
- Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills across customers, OEMs, subcontractors, and internal functions (finance, sales, project management).
- Fluent in English (written and verbal); additional regional languages are an advantage.
KEY COMPETENCIES
- People-first leadership — builds capability and accountability in the team while remaining a credible technical authority.
- Commercially minded — balances technical excellence with cost, margin, and cash-flow (invoicing) discipline.
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills across concurrent, geographically dispersed projects.
- Calm, decisive escalation management under schedule and safety pressure.
- Clear, professional communicator across technical, commercial, and customer-facing conversations.
